SC-CAMLR-XXVIII

During CCAMLR-XXVII, France presented its action plan aimed at reducing considerably seabird by-catches by longliners operating in the Crozet and Kerguelen EEZs. The plan’s objective was to list the set of measures that France is implementing and will implement in the next few years to limit bird mortality. The aim of this paper is to provide a progress report on the resources employed by Read More
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In 2008, the CCAMLR Performance Review recommended that capacity in delivering scientific advice from the Scientific Committee (SC‐CAMLR) needed to be improved through (i) an increase in participation of relevant scientists, as well Read More
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This paper proposes the establishment of a protected area to the south of the South Orkney Islands (within Subarea 48.2), to contribute towards the conservation of marine biodiversity and the development of representative marine spatial protection for this region. The proposed area has been selected on the basis of analysis previously recommended by WG-EMM for consideration by the Scientific Read More
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When establishing the ad-hoc Technical Group for At-Sea Operations (TASO), the Scientific Committee tasked it with the development of minimum standards to facilitate accreditation of observer programs participating in the CCAMLR SISO. At its 2009 meeting, TASO requested that the TASO co-conveners outline the elements of an accreditation framework, and a workplan for it implementation, for Read More
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According to recommendations of Working Group on Ecosystem Monitoring and Management (SC-CAMLR-XXVIII/3, paragraph 3.7), 2009 in Bergen, due to the results of considering Document WG-EMM-09/11, in which the uncertainty of krill amount perished while its trawling at fishery is focused, the recommendations were submitted on carrying out the experiment to determine the rate of krill ‘escape Read More
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At CCAMLR-XXVI the Working Group on Fish Stock Assessment (WG-FSA) noted a lack of specific reference material for the identification of benthic invertebrates in areas specific to which observers carry out their activities (SC-CAMLR-XXVI: Annex 5, paragraph 6.32). To improve the standard of observer identifications and also to assist in the identification of vulnerable areas, the Scientific Read More
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Trends in the krill fishery are currently informed by data on annual catches and by the annual notification procedure. There has been considerable discussion within the Scientific Committee over the utility of these sources of information to detect trends, and of the need to obtain more information from the krill industry. This paper uses publicly available patent databases to examine both the Read More
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Co-operation between the Scientific Committee and the Committee for Environmental Protection has been steadily increasing over the last few years to the mutual benefit of both bodies. This has been exemplified not least by the joint workshop held in Baltimore, USA (April 2009). Consistent with the recommendations stemming from that workshop, this paper aims to:
- Provide the CEP’s annual Read More
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Assessment and predictive models need to be developed to provide two assessments of climate change impacts for use by governments, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and other international forums, including CCAMLR and  Read More
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